Yesterday, BBMP raided seven houses in Sector 3 and Sector 1 and fined them Rs 500 each. Usually, this kind of system works and people are made aware of the violations. The law says that you should segregate garbage into wet, dry and sanitary waste. But the violators mix up everything. To make matters worse, they use plastic bags instead of keeping buckets specifically to store garbage.
The wet waste is sent to the Karnataka Compost Development Corporation (KCDC) in the neighbouring Kudlu area for composting and generating manure out of it. Unlike complaints from other wards that the segregated garbage gets mixed up in the van, it’s not the case in HSR Layout. Only the segregated wet waste goes to the KCDC.
Regular raids like these will keep the residents on their toes. The problem is complicated in HSR Layout, because of the floating population. The people who haven’t segregated in other wards come to HSR and don’t segregate. The landlords fail to educate them, perhaps because they themselves don’t segregate as they may not be staying here.
Therefore, it is up to the citizen volunteers and the BBMP to educate them, and one form of education that works is to regularly fine the violators. Here is BBMP health inspector Vinodh GM doing his job on the morning of Tuesday, October 9.
